Dynamic connection process e.g. clinching for overlapping metal plates uses die moving straight and angled to press overlapping component sections into mold aperture

摘要

Two or more components (1,2) are placed over a mold (3) with aperture (5), and overlapping component sections are pressed into the aperture by a die (4). A longitudinal axis (10) of the die is placed at an angle to an advance axis (6) and guided around it, and the die is at least partially charged with an additional second force (8) along its longitudinal axis. The aperture in the mold has radially flexible wall elements, and the die has a spherical end face.